Box Score Recap – 7/14/2013

Box Score Recap

Cesar Hernandez in CF again. ICYMI – He will forego the AAA All-Star Game in favor of playing some CF with Reading. He could see time there in the bigs shortly. Honestly, with his bat, if he can run a decent route in CF, he could be valuable there. The arm will be a question, though as 2013 Phillies fans, we know how little arm can be allowed to play in an MLB centerfield. Miguel Nunez with a fine outing for Lakewood – 3 H and 3K in 6 scoreless IP. Zach Green with another double, now has 20 XBH in ~110 PA. His ISO isstill hovering around .300. Walking enough, striking out too much on the year.

And I’ll call that a perfect segue to Larry Greene – he did not start Sunday, but he did get into the game, and managed a double and 2Ks in 3PA. 7 hits including 4 doubles in his last 5 games, though he’s struck out 7 times in that span. For the year, he’s sporting a BB rate of 12.2% and a K rate of 33.8%. Take a look at his stats this year versus last, and it’s easy to see the lack of progress in a similar number of games. Essentially, everything is worse, except he’s somehow stolen 5 bases versus 1 last year. He’s got 6 more weeks of action to push his game forward or risk repeating the level.

And finally, Jesse Biddle struck out Maikel Franco in the Futures Game – took three pitches, Curve, FB, Curve. Nasty curves. Filth. Biddle added another inning of hitless ball, though he did walk one batter, and was credited with what’s sure to be a career-defining “W” 😉 Franco was 0-2 as a DH while Miguel Sano took time at 3B ahead of him. I tacked on the first Futures Game Box I found at the bottom of the graphic here.

Here’s the affiliate Scoreboard from MiLB.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=143&ymd=20130714

7-14-13 boxscores

 

53 thoughts on “Box Score Recap – 7/14/2013”

    1. Thanks for sharing … loved the reports on his defense. Here’s hoping he can be a fast mover through the system.

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  2. Nice line from Lino: 3-4, average over .300 for the year. FWIW, he’s .351/.422/.439 against RH pitching this season, sub-Mendoza against lefties. Should fit right in on Pattison.

    Loved the Biddle-Franco at bat in the Futures Game. Franco looked amused with himself that he chased that curve for strike three. Probably imagining the ribbing he’d get from teammates when they got back to Reading …

    As for that line from Gillies … ouch. You’ve got to think he was pressing with the sudden opening of a CF job in Philly. A golden sombrero is not going to help the chances of a callup.

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    1. Mike, as an organization it would be great if Cesar Hernandez or Tyson Gillies could help fill in for Ben Revere and be effective. I don’t believe the Phillies want to give up any major prospects so I would not look for any splashy names coming to Philadelphia.

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      1. I agree … Personally, I’d like to see them give Gillies a shot. He’s got nearly 1,800 plate appearances against minor league pitching and is by all reports at least above average defensively. He’s struggled at the plate this season, but has rebounded of late (yesterday aside) and has added some pop with his new swing. He’s that guy we keep saying needs a change of scenery — what if that change of scenery is Philly?

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          1. You know – that’s kinda interesting. I would have been against it totally but put it in the sink or swim context – and as a 5th OFer worse case… Lets see what happens.

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      2. Woild someone please wakeup and smell the coffee with reference to leandro castro. I mean seriously castro has been the steadiest outfielder the phillies have had in the minors since 2009. Its absolutely crazy to keep over looking this guy. For one he is a guy that is going to hit and hit and hit some more. Name of the game is to score runs and drive in runs. Look at the numbers the guy flat out does both. I know he could walk some more but he is sneaky fast 6.5-6.6 in the 60. By the way dont bother compaing the homerun power. If I was in castros shoes I would be extremely pissed off. Hernandez made 2 blunders on saturday and another one today!!!! 3 more games he will be ready yea righttttt.

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        1. +1…do not understand why Castro is not given a shot. Plays above average defense and is above average fast. Hit tool is average or mediocre, but other then Domo, what does it matter.

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          1. Okay, I saw an unfamiliar name and an anon pushing this, figured, “family member, and wasn’t going to comment. But then a +1 from a regular commenter?!

            Now, given the options, IF you want to bring someone up to back up Mayberry, Castro may unfortunately be the only reasonable option. But let’s not pretend that it’s an option we can get very enthusiastic about. Castro is a guy with some tools, and the team hoped that those tools would manifest themselves. But, at least in terms of hitting, they haven’t. (And the speed hasn’t in terms of efficient base stealing.) He’s a below replacement level player at the major league level. His MLE is .243/.269/.355, and I think that’s a pretty good estimate in this case. No thanks.

            (As for Hernandez, I don’t care what the organization says. The center field experiment started before Revere was injured, and is meant to increase his utility as a bench guy in 2014 and going forward. He won’t start a game in center field for the major league team, at least not this year.)

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            1. Think back 4/5 years ago….Quinten Berry was looked upon as a 4th OF by people on this site. Now he does have more speed then Castro, but taking everything aside, they are basically similar ceilings when it comes to end-result. The Tigers were able to muster a little out of him a few years ago, IMO, Castro could serve as a 4th/5th OF with the Phillies for a 6 week period!

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            2. Berry had a hot start.

              Then he turned out to be exactly what we thought he was — a career minor leaguer. Sub-700 OPS for a guy that played mostly in LF (but some CF), and an 85 OPS+. The Tigers, correctly, kept him in AAA this year — where he is putting up a robust .541 OPS between the Tigers and KC minor league clubs.

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            4. Well 6 weeks as 5th OF would not be the end of the world, after all this is the same team that gave 369 PA to Michale Martinez. But I think the post you gave a +1 to was a bit more enthusiastic than that. 🙂

              As for the Berry comp, I think your sarcastic response to anon was a bit misplaced. Yes, I would have, even before your response, assumed that you realized that Berry, his hot start to the contrary, wasn’t REALLY a major league ball player. But then what’s the point of the comp? There’s a thousand, literally, guys like him and Castro (and IMO he has some strengths that Castro doesn’t – more speed (as you admit) and higher BB rate) in the minors. Yeah, they can sometimes get hot for a few weeks, but usually they don’t, and, unless you don’t have a choice (arguably the case here), they don’t (and shouldn’t) get a chance to prove it. It’s highly unlikely that Castro would turn in an equivalent performance.

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        2. .745 OPS after almost 2400 PA. No power. Bad at getting on-base. Terrible SB%. He’s a mediocre, at-best-average minor league outfielder.

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          1. How inept is the Phillies Front Office! They are force feeding Cesar Hernandez to learn the OF, while 24-year old Leandro Castro has played over 500 games in the OF over the last 7 minor league seasons. Go figure. And you wonder why this organization has TWO championships over 100 plus years. Bring back the A’s. Give the boot to Monty/Giles and the rest of the Philadelphia Main-line owners.

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    2. Yeah, SSS caveats apply of course, but Lino is hitting well and his OBP suggests he’s not swinging wildly like Valle. One of the most interesting exercises this offseason will be ranking our catching prospects. As it seems likely that Ruiz will walk unless he’s willing to take a one-year deal, there’s going to be some opportunity there. I wonder if someone like Rupp might have a shot to make the team out of Spring Training as a backup.

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      1. And just like that, Matt Gelb writes on Twitter that Joseph has been placed on the DL again, with a shin contusion. Sucks.

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  3. SSS but Galvis is hitting well at AAA. I wonder if he wouldn’t be our #1 or #2 prospect if he had been in the minors the last few years.

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  4. Just saying, saw Greene live on Sunday and I still like him, fell as a prospect but absolutely destroyed a double and still has a cannon arm.

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  5. Anthony Hewitt with the most Anthony Hewitt-esque line of Anthony Hewitt’s career: 6 ABs, 1 hit (a HR) and 4 Ks.

    Like others, I was just about to advocate a Gillies call-up, but then … oof. I have not been a fan of Gillies’ the last couple years, but I agree that they need to get a look at him in the majors this season. That said, I don’t think they’re going to bring him up right now. Some players you feel confident have the maturity to handle being thrown into a situation like that prematurely, but Gillies seems prone to going into funks and it might not be a good idea. On the other hand, if you subscribe to the theory that this team basically is in a situation where they have to scratch some lottery tickets in order to get back into it, Gillies seems like the lottery ticket they have.

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  6. I went to the Lakewood game yesterday. I am certainly not a scout, but here are my impressions:
    * LGJ: Don’t be fooled by his double. Yes, he absolutely crushed the ball. But a few mitigating factors:
    1. He pitcher was getting hammered by everyone. And I mean everyone. He was throwing in the high 80s and didn’t have much movement.
    2. He hit a first pitch fastball.

    To his credit, it was a monster shot. Hit at the top of a tall wall in Center. It did show real raw power. And he also had a very impressive throw from the OF to First later in the game….HOWEVER,
    1. He looked foolish when they brought in a better pitcher, who through breaking balls. Watch this AB: http://youtu.be/xD79DBEjPDI The swing and miss at the curveball wasn’t even close. Missed the pitch by a foot or more. And that seemed to throw him off the entire AB. He ended up striking out on a high 80s fastball. My takeaway after watching him hit is the is Pedro Cerrano from the movie Major Leagues.
    2. He had a terrible read on a base hit when he was on 2nd after his double. And thus couldn’t score on the play. He was brought home after another batter, but it was a terrible base running play.

    * Three guys I was impressed with:
    -Tocci
    1. He glides in the OF. Looks very, very smooth out there.
    2. He is very thin, but has a big frame. He looks like he can add weight, but has a LONG way to go.
    3. He demonstrated a good eye, laying off several close pitches. Didn’t seem over matched at all.
    – Delvi Francisco.
    1. Sits at 94 on the fastball. Had movement too.
    2. Also demonstrated a very nice splitter. Got several swings and misses. Looking at his stats, he seems to have trouble with walks, but I didn’t see that last night. Also, ignore the 2 hits. 1 was a misplay on a ground ball to Walding that could easily have been an error and the other was a seeing eye sqibber between 1st and 2nd base.
    3. Given his age, Velo and splitter, I think he is a real bullpen prospect
    – Walding
    1. Made several nice plays in the field, although he did struggle with the play while Francisco was pitching.
    2. Has a nice stick and looks very athletic. Big body. I can see how he can develop into a power hitter.

    * Brian Pointer horribly misplayed a ball into a hit

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    1. Thanks for the report. On Walding, I see he got 2 hits, but was he able to hit the ball hard? Scouts like his swing and you say that he’s a big guy, but he’s shown very little power since he’s been in the system.

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      2. Walding – on a positive note, his BB% has doubled with multiple ‘walk’ games in July, so (as many on the board have ‘liked’ LG2’s patience at the plate last year and early in LW season, but is overlooked with Walding’s recent progress) he is ‘seeing’ the ball better. Yes the K% is higher, but I’m sure we’d all like to see some of those foul balls early in the count translate to XBH’s, which his swing and frame are capable of and his defense continues to impress (as noted above). Agree that he’ll be moved up to CLW next season for further development.

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  7. I was listening to the radio this AM, and Jim Bowden was talking about the futures game last night. He was asked which pitchers from the American team stood out. He listed Biddle as the 3rd most impressive – highlighting his curve.

    I then saw the following Tweet that he put out there:
    Biddle 90-94 range but its the knee buckling curve ball is the pitch that wows you love his ability to work fast and pounding the zone

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      1. Sutcliffe ( I think it was) said the same kinda thing “in 5 years, we’ll look back and say we saw Bogaerts hitting, Walker’s (something or other) and Biddle’s curve (I only really heard Phillies-relevant comment).

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      2. The other 2 – as I recall, were T. Walker, and A. Bradley. He spent a good minute talking about Walker, and mentioned Bradley and Biddle.

        Nice to be in a position where you have a guy who appears to have a very high upside. Others on this site are more versed than I – but who was the last pitcher who generated this much excitement in the Phils Minors – Hamels?

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  8. The Biddle curve to K Franco was just sick nasty. Franco had a smirk walking away after that one.

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    1. I thought the one he threw for a strike was a much better pitch. The strikeout pitch looked good but it is was definitely out of the zone the whole way.

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      1. No way he was going to let Franco pull the ball on him with an 0-2 count. Franco should have laid off.

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